Apparatus for lighting cigarettes or cigars



Dec. 22, 1936.

J. A. JORRAND APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING CIGARETTES OR CIGARS Filed March 20, 1935 v JIVVENI'GR r/ea/z dr/Earrbzmi WW Z5 Patented Dec. 22, 1936 UNITED STATES APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING CIGARETTES OR CIGARS Jean Albert Jorrand, Aubusson, France Application March 20, 1935, Serial No. 12,096 In France March 27, 1934 2 Claims.

The apparatus or other devices for lighting cigarettes, used. in particular in motor cars, most often compel the smoker to bring an incandescent element near his mouth, this diverting his attention for a few seconds and preventing him from watching the road.

The apparatus forming the subject-matter of the present invention allows lighting a cigarette and maintaining the combustion of the same without having to carry it to the mouth; this apparatus is particularly adapted to be used in motor cars where it allows the smoker to keep all his attention on the driving of his car and does not prevent him from watching the road.

This apparatus is essentially constituted by a tubular body of any cross section, arranged vertically or having an approximately vertical position; the internal channel of this tubular body opens in a chamber containing an incandescent element adapted to light the cigarette. This incandescent element can be constituted by an electric resistance, provided with a suitable switch.

The lighting of the cigarette being effected by the incandescent element, the combustion of this cigarette is maintained by the presence of a vertical air draft created by the heating up of the air of the chamber by radiation of the incandescent element.

In the accompanying drawing, given by Way of example only:

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic vertical section showing an apparatus constructed according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a section made according to line 2-2 of Fig. 1

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are diagrammatic sections of various constructional modifications.

According to the invention, the apparatus for lighting cigarettes comprises a vertical tubular body I, of cylindrical or polygonal shape, made of any incombustible material, in which a channel 2, of suitable cross section, and which can have for instance a cruciform shape 3, allows lighting the cigarette and maintaining the combustion of the same, when said cigarette is inserted in the channel 2 and placed on an incandescent element 4, constituted for instance by an electric resistance arranged in a chamber 5 terminating the channel 2. The combustion of the cigarette is maintained by a hot air stream created by the heating up of the air contained in the chamber 5 by radiation of the incandescent element 4, and passing in the channels 3 of the apparatus.

The ends of the resistance 4 are connected, on the one hand, to a contact piece 6, connected to the storage battery and, on the other hand, to the end of a resilient blade I acting as a switch by coming in contact with a collar 8, embedded in the body I, placed in body contact, and serving to secure the apparatus on the dash board or instrument board of a motor car for instance.

For lighting a cigarette by means of this apparatus, it suffices to insert the cigarette to be lighted in the channel 2, then to actuate the switch I for rendering the electric resistance 4 incandescent. At the same time as the cigarette is lighted, a hot air stream, produced by the heating up of the air contained in the chamber 5, passes in the channels 3, maintaining the combustion of the cigarette as long as the latter remains in the apparatus.

The apparatus can be given many different shapes, as illustrated in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, in which the channel 2 is arranged more or less obliquely, and the channels 3 adapted to maintain the combustion might be vertically arranged whilst the channel 2, containing the cigarette, might be obliquely arranged as illustrated in Fig. 4.

It is to be understood that the apparatus according to the invention might receive any suitable decoration and that it might be rendered movable by arranging it in a box, in which would be contained any source of electric current, cells, accumulators, for rendering the electric resistance incandescent.

I claim:

1. A lighter for cigars and cigarettes comprising a substantially vertical tube open at both ends and having its inner walls formed with longitudinal grooves, and a heating element freely suspended across said tube.

2. A lighter for cigars and cigarettes comprising a body formed with a substantially vertical channel open at both ends, said channel having longitudinal grooves, and a heating element freely suspended across said channel.

JEAN ALBERT JORRAND. 

